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Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Network Security (Remote Eligible)

Capital One
United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Feb 2025
💰 $352,300/yr($280,600/yr$352,300/yr)

About the role

Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Network Security (Remote Eligible)

Senior Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought so we visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

The Senior Distinguished Engineer will be a part of the Network Protection Engineering organization focusing on shaping the network security agenda including the vision and capability growth across the domain. This domain covers the enterprise network security platform inclusive of secure access services, perimeter defense, and network defense.

Senior Distinguished Engineers are: 

  • Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices

  • Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates

  • Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community

  • Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

Responsibilities:

  • Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in

  • Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team

  • Promote a culture of engineering excellence, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible

  • Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization

  • Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an unified manner

  • Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent

Capital One is open to hiring a remote employee for this opportunity. 

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree 

  • At least 9 years of software engineering or software development experience

  • At least 5 years of public cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) 

  • At least 3 years of experience with Network Security Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Masters Degree 

  • 12+ years of software engineering or software development experience

  • 7+ years of experience in building distributed systems and highly available services using cloud computing services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

  • 5+ years of experience with Network Security Engineering

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer


 

McLean, VA: $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer


 

Plano, TX: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer


 

Richmond, VA: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount

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